Bag-fastener



F. A. FULLER.

BAG FASTENER.

APPLICATlON FILED JULY 12; I917. 1,366,376, Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

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FRANZ A. FULLER, OF NEVJA'RK, NEW

COMPANY, OF NE'WARK, NE 3 JERSEY. ASSIGNOR TO THE J". E. MERGOTT Z, A COREORATIQN 0F NEN' JERSEY.

BAG-FASTENER.

Application filed July '12,

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Fastenors, *hich the following is a full, clear, and cxa description, such, as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being has, to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification.

lily invention relates to bag fasteners, and more particularly to a type thereof applicable to bag frames having pivotally connected jaws or frame members embodying therein interlocking members adapted to lock said frame members when closed.

The jaws of the ordinary forms of hand bags, pock t books, satchels or the like, are all 7 provided with interlocking members, such as lift latches, balls or heads which spring or snap past each other to hold the jaws together. If the hand bags or the like be unusually full, or if either of the projecting members constituting the fastener, or the jaws themselves, becomes bent or loosened, it often happens that the jaws are accidentally opened and the contents of the bag lost or abstracted without the knowledge of the owner.

My invention comprises a new and improved locking means for hand bags and the like, and by which I seek to overcome the objections found in those heretofore employed. In order to eliminate the abovementioned evils and overcome these objections, 1 have devised a new look, which has all the advantages of manipulation of a center lock, and to combine with it the feature of locking the bag frame at two points, said lock being designed to coact with the ordinary lock or fastener, for preventing acci dental loosening or unfastening of the same.

My invention consists primarily of a bag fastener embodying therein a frame, consisting of hinged frame members, interlocking catch members carried by said frame members for normally holding said frame members closed, of an auxiliary fastening member rotatively secured to one of said interlocking catch members and having locking engagement with the other of said catch members, or the frame members to which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

191?. Serial N0. 180,046.

said last-mentioned fastening member is secured, said auxiliary fastening member beng esigned to coact with one of the interlOCKlDg fastening members or one of the amenir-aibers for preventing accidental n ng or unfastening of the same.

,1 L I l 1 a nh the v rious eons of my present in- \ifiiltlOll in view, the same consists in the novel bag frame fastener hereinafter set i J3 lei-tn, and, furthermore, th1s inventlon conparts thereof, all of which will be fully described in the accompanying specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim thereof, which are appended to and form an essential part of this specification.

In the drawings,

1 Figure 1 represents a front View of a bag frame showing my improved fastener secured thereto.

F 1g. 2 represents an end view of the frame, the hinged or pivoted members being representec in open relation to each other.

Fig. 3 represents an enlarged front view of the fastener, the pull piece not being shown.

Fig. l represents an enlarged vertical section of the frame and fastener, taken on line aa of *ig. 1. 7

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 represent respectively, front, end, and rear views of the spring used in connection with the fastener.

Figs. Sand 9 represent front views of the interlocking catch members.

Fig. 10 represents a front View of the latch stud; and

Fig. 11 represents a vertical section of the same, taken on line art-m of Fig. 10, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Similar characters of reference are shown in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

A bag frame fastener or holding catch made in accordance with my invention, may oea plied to any ordinary or desired form of fr, me; that shown in the drawings, consists of the two frame membersl and 2 of substantially the same shape. To the middle portions of these members 1 and 2, I secure the fasteners or catches 3 and 4:, as in this particular instance shown, by means of the fastening nibs 5, formed integral with the base of the fastener, which nibs pass through suitable apertures in the frame,

in the various arrangements and the and are clenched over in any suitable or convenient manner on the under side thereof.

Each fastener is made up of the rigid base 6, and the upwardly extending Knob or ball 7, the base being formed preferably contact with the frame member, when the same is-secured thereto, with the integral; nibs 5, which. as heretofore stated, are inserted through the apertures common in bag frames and riveted down in the usual man nor, to secure the fastener rigidly to the bag frame, and one of the bases is further provided with a centrally cut-away portion for the reception of the spring illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings.

Each base has formed cc ally therein, an aperture 7 and 8 respectively, the ob ject of which will be presently described. With this construction, the two hinged members always come together with a very pronounced snap, due to the hinge members 1 and 2.

in my improved device, I provide a second locking device for holding the jaws together, which locking device is rctatively and preferably secured to the base of the ably alined aperture 7 formed in the base 6 of the catch or fastener 3, which is pref erably made from cylindrical metal rod, the outer end being provided with an enlarged head 10, the inner portion of which bears against the outside of the U or channeledshaped spring 19 which is positioned in the cut-away portion 11 of the base 6, and the cylindrical portion of which bears upon the top of the frame member 1, which serves to limit the inward movement of the latch, and forms a bearing for the same on the frame member 1, when it is being assembled. A pull piece 12, of any convenient form, is pivotally secured in an aperture formed in the enlarged head 10, to facilitate manipulation, and a beveled latch head 13, formed integrally 011 the opposite or inner end of the stud 9, is designed to pass'through the suitably alined aperture 8, see Fig. 9, formed in the base 6 of the catch or fastener 4, and to have holding engagement therewith, or with a suitable nosing or projection 1e formed on the frame member 2, see Fig. 4, to firmly secure the bag frame sections or members in locked position, for additionally holding the frame members 1 and 2 together.

The latch stud 9 is controlled and held in position by the reduced portion 15, which is rotativ'ely secured in the aperture 7 of the base 6 of the catch or fastener 3. An

The base 6 is, provided on its under side, which comes in mnular flange 16 is formed on the latch stud said annular flange b6111 provided with a pair of pro ectlons 17, preferably integral and formed by forcing the metal of the flange outwardly, said pro ectlons 17 being icsigned engage with suitable recesses 18 formed in one side of the spring 19, which is located on the inside of the base 6 antinterposed between said ass and the an-' 6, by means of which the spring is positioned and secured to the base when the base is secured to the frame member.

is indicated in the d, swings, i th sides the spring 19 are provided with suitable ertures 26, through which the reduced porti-rn 15 of the stud 9 passes. The rear w i the sprin is a trifle higher than the idc, and the aperture 20 in the rear s de has communicating therewith diametrically oppositely-arranged recesses 18, de-

to receive the projections 17, which are integrally formed on the annular flange 16 formed on the latch stud 9, that when the sprin is secured to the base, and the base is mounted on the frame member, the short side of the spring will lie between the front side of the 6 and the inner por-- tion of the enlarged head 10, and the rear side of the spring will lie between the rear of the base 6 and the annular flange 16, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

The rear side of the spring is preferably located a very slight distance away from the rear of the base 6, so that when the latch stud is rotated, the rear side of the spring will exert a slight spring pressure against the annular flange 16, at the same time preventing the latch stud from swinging when the bag is in use. \Vhen the latch stud is in either the locked or unlocked position,the projections 17 will engage with the recesses 18 of the spring, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. 7

In assembling the device, the'reduced portion 15 of the latch stud 9 is inserted in the apertures 20 of the spring 19, so that the inner face of the enlarged head 10 bears against the outside of the front side of the spring, and the annular flange 16 bears against the rear side of the other side of the spring, with the projections 1'? registering with the recesses 18. T he latch stud is then rotatably secured to the base by inserting the base between the two sides of the spring, thereby causing the spring to be received into the cut-away portion 11 of the base, and the latch stud received into the aperure 7' of the base, and thereafter, the base by means of the integral nibs 5, is secured to the frame member. By turning the pull piece 12 in either direction, the latch stud 9, with its beveled latch head 13, will become either engaged or disengaged from the nosing 14 formed on the frame member 2, or as previously stated, from the aperture 8 formed in the base 6 of the fastener 4, as illustrated in Fig. 9 of the drawings, when it is desired to dispense with the nosing 14.

The fastener just described serves for additionally holding the frame members 1 and 2 in locked position, is carried by of the catches or fasteners 3 and 4:, and engages with the other of said catches or fasteners, and is independently operated from the catches or fasteners 3 and 4. The invention is not limited to the exact embodiment shown, but may be modified in various ways in the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, two frame members movable relatively to each other, a springactuated auxiliary locking device rotatively secured to the top of one of said frame mem-' spring provided with recesses in one side thereof positioned in the recess of said base,

a latch stud passing through said apertured base and spring, said latch stud provided with a latch head having projections extending from one side thereof adapted to engage with the recesses in said spring for controlling the movement of said latch stud.

In combination, two frame members movable relatively to each other, a spring actuated auxiliary locking device rotatively secured to the top of one of said frame members and having locking engagement with the other of said frame members, comprising an apertured base recessed in its base and provided with a knob extending upwardly therefrom, a U-shaped apertured spring positioned in the recess of said base, a latch stud passing through said apertured base and spring provided with a latch-head adapted to engage with the other frame memher to have locking engagement therewith, said spring and latch stud each provided with cooperating positioning means for con trolling the movement of said latch stud.

This specification signed and witnessed this 9th day of July, 1917.

FRANZ A. FULLER.

Witnesses:

' F REDK C. Frsornm,

CLIFFORD A. ALLISTON. 

